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My Game Stop Story
Mick Dundee:
I had an issue with the inventory return to another store thing too. It makes sense if you think about it. My local store has been good to me. Its been through 3 managers and 2 assistant managers that have all been good to me because I take the time to do their little surveys. I have put 5 $1 transactions on pre orders to help their store have better a survey outcome for the week.
In return I have had them save games for me without asking and not put them out to shelves until after seeing if i would like them. They save anything Batman for my son. He got a Pop vinyl figurine and posters from them.
If I walk in and say to them "Has anybody claimed that poster/standee/promo material?" they save it for me if possible.
Its kind of like the whole treat others how you would like to be treated.
I should mention that I also tend to over do it when trying to be friends with people.
They got a few PS1 RPGs, Microwave, and I made a controller stand themed after MGS for one of them.
wiggy:
In retail it's all about the management. Much like directors and movies ;)
sLpFhaWK:
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My local Gamestop recieves nothing but praise from me, the people there are awesome. Give me free old cases, help me whenever I need info. They even let me swap generic cases for originals if they have them. It just all depends on the people behind the counter. If they are true hobbyists they will go out of the way for you. If its just a 9-5 job, your sol lol.
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I goto 2 Gamestops, 1 where my friend works and is the Manager and the 2nd is like a 5 min walk from my house. Whenever I need a case for a game I got elsewhere I ask my buddy if he has one if I can grab it and its always yes, like I bought pokemon plat from another GS and they had no case, my buddy game thru with one that was complete. I was super happy! When I got generic DS Cases with GBA Slot he let me ransack his shelf for all OEM Nintendo Cases. I try to give all my business to his store since hes my friend but if im in a rush and they dont have it the one by m y house always comes through. They did w/ D3 UEE for PS4 on saturday when no one else had it in stock!
Taco:
The employees at my local eb games (gamestops canadian stores) are pretty great. Everyone at the store is always nice and willing to help you with anything. However, I went into a gamestop in Miami and bought 3 games when they where having a special but 2 get the third free. Well my third game ended up being so scratched it didn't work and the employee even knew that plus his customer service was more lousy than a cows patty of crap. So really it just depends on the employees...or maybe most gamestops do suck?
Gutling:
As a follow up, I went in one today and asked about them discontinuing carrying PSP stuff. He said Sept 1 is their official date, and let me give him my number. He said he will call when he gets a email from corporate on what their sale/discount will be. He said sometimes its buy 1 get 1, or 75%, but he wouldn't know till they told him.
I thought that was pretty awesome he would do that.